Improved device for hitching horses



Toallwhcm it nag/ concern Be itjkriown-thatIgWILLIA t H. BELL',v of Spring `Lake,EOttawa; connty,-State .ot Michigan, have `in- VHite-hing Devices;` and I hereby declare the folhnvingtobea 'suficiently fnll,`clear, and exact descript tion thereof'to enable oneskilled inthe art to which rmy invention `appertains to' make and 'use it,.ret'er .ence being had to theaccoinpanying drawings mak v 1 ing `part of this speeitication. l

. liyinvention `rela-tes todevices designed -to firmly holdrn such a manner vas to he readily detachable, the halters,.r eins, hitchingstaps, 8m., of Ahoi-ses, and

for otherkindred purposes; andconsists, in connecswinging jaw, which is provided at one end wit-h a heavy block tematch the xed jaw, and at the oppo- .site end with alhoek for the attachment of chains, reins,

ringfended lines, Sec., the. heavy end being copstrncted to hold between ritself andthe ixedfjaw -the strap to with any increase oi" pulling or tensile strain on the .sti'ap'. l

per part, with anjopening for the reception of the swinging jaw` B, vhich" is `pivoted `orhinged to the fraineA `by means otfpin C.` 'i

` block, b, which has wide and tapering face infront "ented a certain -new andnset'ul Improvement in tion with a Lpe.culnly-siraped fixed jaw-frame, of a' 1n the accompanying drawings illusti'ati-ngmy i`n" i hitchingpost or wall. YItisprovided with an 'inclined jaw, a, and a bridge, a". It is also provided, in `its np-J' The piece B terminates at the lower end in a heavy vvLtrM H. BELL, vo-l 'sPnNe LAKE, MICHIGAN.

. Leners Patint No. 103,283, ma May 24, 1870.

r L f "tivtrjnovnn newton ron HmcHrN HORSES.

` lf i .Schedule referredtoin these Letters Patent and making part of the same to tit the xed jaw a.. y Between these inclined faces the bitching-strap is inserted, in the manner shown in fig. 2,. and the weightot' the block b serves to swivel the piece B, so as to bind or bite the strap. i Any degree of tensile strainV upon the strapin an eiort to detachit will onlyserve to tighten the jaws. The bridge #prevents the possibility of the strap beingpulled in a vertical ldirection. If' the bridge were removed, the fastening could be released by pulling-the strap in the direction of". the upper end ofthe piece B. i

'The upperend of the ljaw B is formed intoanhoolza. b', whose end, 4whenthe fastening is closed, falls with-1v 'lhe hook `is provided for the hitching ofV chains, reins, or ring-ended straps, and it willbe seen that, in consequence of the swivelingcharactcr of the hook and the fact of the end of the hook passing into the trame, a strap or chain cannot be released from thc hook by pulling in any direction. be hitched, with aftastening powerwhich increases j Claim. The hitching device herein described, consisting of the frame'A aaand the 'swinging hooked lever or jaw B-b b', vsubstantially asset forth.

' In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand. WM. .11. BELL.

Witnesses:

` HENRY F. HUNTER, l

ALLEN G. ADsI'r. 

